I/I/MMX - XXXI/MII/MMX

few things you will never forget in 2010.
the main thing I will remember are the many bands I’ve seen. besides that I don’t think many exciting things happened in my life. the day I got dumped the second time will stick to me forever though. in 2010 I’ve done a lot of thinking concerning my school, what I’m gonna study, if it’s better if I got a job … still not 100% sure where that is going.

Relationship(s).
I was together with 2 girls this year, they both dumped me. only one of those 2 made it horribly painful. I’m not going to dribble about the details but it really broke me.

The best day.
August 15th.

The worst day.
as I said, the day I got dumped. it was supposed to be a nice day, I hadn’t seen my girlfriend in 2 weeks and then … well, you know the rest of the story. I still remember the time, what I was wearing, how it all went. thinking of it really brings me down again.

Your best friend(s).
even though I don’t hear him as much as I used to, Jonathan will always be my best friend, ever. he has a job, he’s married and he plays in a band, so it’s pretty understandable he doesn’t have much time. the thing is, he practically raised me. he got me into punkrock and all that. he took me to shows. he’s been my friend for 9 or so. so yeah, I still consider him as my best friend.

Your birthday.
December 25th. yes, Christmas. no, I didn’t do anything. no, I’m not stoked on the fact I’m not a teenager anymore.

The funniest getaway.
that has to be Ieperfest. Ieperfest is always fun. a lot of people I know, cool bands, awesome afterparty.

The end of last school year/the beginning of this one.
last school year ended not very well, I had to redo my first year in college. that kinda lead to the fact I wanna quit. that, and because the course I’m taking doesn’t interest me anymore.

New years resolutions.
figure out what I’m going to do with my life.

MMX is coming to an end

yes, there is still an entire month to go.
no, there are no more shows planned for me, neither are there albums I'm waiting on to come out.

best Belgian releases:
Midnight Souls - Colder
Vogue - Pompshit

best releases abroad:
Abigail Williams - In the absence of light
The acacia strain - Wormwood
Basement - Songs about the weather
Beneath the massacre - Marée noire
Brutality will prevail - Root of all evil
Carpathian - Wanderlust
Ceremony - Rohnert park
Continuance - Carry ourselves
Cruel hand - Lock and key
Daughters - Daughters
Dead end path - Death walks besides us
Dear tick - The black dirt sessions
The devil wears prada - Zombie
The dillinger escape plan - Option paralysis
Duck duck goose - Off yourself
Early graves - Goner
Ellie Goulding - Lights
Four year strong - Enemy of the world
The gaslight anthem - American slang
The ghost inside - Returners
Hang the bastard - Hellfire reign
I declare war - Malevolence
Impending doom - There will be violence
Integrity - The blackest curse
Kanye west - My beautiful dark twisted fantasy
Killing the dream - Lucky me
Last witness - Give up
Martyr defiled - Collusion
More than life - Love let me go
Punch - Push pull
Red sparowes - The fear is excruciating, but therein lies the answer
The rival mob - Hardcore for hardcore
Rolo tomassi - Cosmology
Terror - Keepers of the faith
Throats - Throats
Trash talk - Eyes & nines
Trigger the bloodshed - Degenerate
Whitechapel - A new era of corruption
Your demise - The kids we used to be
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best Belgian bands:
Midnight souls
Vogue

best bands abroad:
Carpathian
Almost home
Hang the bastard
...

best live shows:
Dropkick murphys // Lotto Arena
Throats - Worms feed // De Rots
Shai hulud - To kill // Metteko
Defeater - Dead swans - More than life - Midnight souls // Metteko
Otto Von Schirach Vs Gabe Serbian // Kavka
Countdown - Mind trap // Backstage (Egelantier)
Perspective fest (Lasting traces - Almost home - Cold snap - Hang the bastard - Miles away - Another breath - Cruel hand) // Sojo
Ieperfest (Brutality will prevail - The black dahlia murder - Carpathian - Ruiner - Converge - Amen ra - Hang the bastard) // Ieper
Blacklisted // Frontline
Urban blight - Vogue // Kavka
Hell on earth (The acacia strain - All shall perish - Every time I die - Terror) // Hof ter loo
Ceremony - Sabertooth zombie // De Rots
The gaslight anthem - Chuck Ragan // Ancienne Belgique
Touché Amoré - Midnight souls // Metteko
Dead swans - Mother of mercy - Brutality- will prevail // Metteko

most disappointing shows:
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biggest promise 2010:
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coolest bands you've discovered this year:
Red sparowes
Ellie Goulding
Almost home
Hang the bastard
Basement
Martyr defiled

coolest purchases:
record-player

biggest waste of cash:
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what did you do in '10/ you should've done earlier?:


coolest bandshirt 2010:
Converge - Wretched world
Carpathian - Monochrome
More than life - Love let me go
Throats - Cat
Brutality will prevail - "Rip off" shirts

best lay out 2010 (album wise):
Brutality will prevail - Root of all evil 12"
BAsement - Songs about the weather 7"

Winter overture

this was going to be my last show of 2010. and yes, it was snowing. it wasn’t as cold though as I expected. the snow didn’t bother me as well. I arrived at the venue 30 minutes before Brutality will prevail was on. so I waited patiently. I was hoping to see some familiar faces but that was some disappointment. Brutality will prevail started of their set with a song from Forgotten soul. the rest of the set was basically a mixture of Root of all evil and Forgotten soul. I really enjoyed it. I missed half of their set at Ieperfest in august and before that it was nearly 3 years since the last time I was them. needless to say they really evolved. somehow disappointed though, that they didn’t play Secrets of the truth. but hey, they were excellent. when I went outside to cool off I finally saw some people I knew, cool! I went to check the merch and I bought myself a Brutality will prevail bobble hat. when I came downstairs again I saw Robin (marshalltown @ tumblr), cool that we finally had chat! in meanwhile While she sleeps started. I’m not going talk a lot about them. they were one of the two bands that didn’t had to play. wise move from the promoter though, they attracted a few couple more people. after While she sleeps I probably went outside again. it was getting really warm inside. Mother of mercy was up next. they were really cool as well. in my opinion they’re better live than on CD. I don’t know much of their songs, but they played a decent set. some old songs, a new one of their oncoming record. when they were done, I stayed on my spot. not really waiting for Shadows casting ghosts though. I’m going to refer to While she sleeps why. I took the time to go get a longsleeve from Mother of mercy instead. then it was finally time for Dead swans. they get better every time I see them. although they played a smaller set, or was that just me? anyhow, they were really awesome. played mostly tracks of Sleepwalkers. at the end of their set they played a No warning cover. when I thought it was over, there were some guys on stage. I don’t know who they were but it was kinda cool to see.